Proverbs 3:15
She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire compares with her.
BSB
ASV
She is more precious than rubies: And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
KJV
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
She is more precious than rubies,.... Or "pearls" (u), as some; which were formerly esteemed above all precious stones; the eastern were the more valuable (w), which Solomon had most knowledge of; Christ is the pearl of great price, of more value than any pearl, or all put together, Mat 13:46; See Gill on Job 28:18; or "carbuncles" (x), as others.
Rubies - The פנינים pânı̂ynı̂ym were among the costly articles of traffic, and red or rose-colored Lam 4:7. The last fact has led some to identify them with coral, or (as in the King James Version) with “rubies.” Most commentators, however, have identified them with pearls, which may connect this passage with Mat 7:6; Mat 13:45. The words of the promise here are almost the echo of 1Ki 3:11-13.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Romans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
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For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
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Proverbs 31:10A wife of noble character, who can find? She is far more precious than rubies.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.
